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Career Decision Making Status of Adolescents in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
(Scholarlink Resource Centre Ltd, 2015-02-01)The purpose of this study was to establish the decision making status of adolescents in Kisumu municipality across various demographic variables. The sample consisted of 359 (162 males and 197 females) secondary school ... -
Caregiving stress and adjustment problems of Kenyan orphans raised by grandmothers
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-06)The present study compared levels of caregiving stress among 115 biological mothers and 134 grandmothers raising their orphaned grandchildren. The associations between parenting stress and adjustment difficulties exhibited ... -
Challenges in teacher recruitment and distribution in public secondary schools in Butula Sub-County
(SAVAP Internation, 2016)In Kenya, weaknesses in human resource planning has affected training and deployment of teachers and thus distorted their distribution and utilization. In Butula Sub-County, there is uneven distribution of the teacher ... -
Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low‐ and middle‐income countries
(Wiley, 2019).The current longitudinal study is the first comparative investigation across low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) to test the hypothesis that harsher and less affec‐ tionate maternal parenting (child age 14 years, on ... -
Chaos, danger, and maternal parenting in families: Links with adolescent adjustment in low‐ and middle‐income countries
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2019-09)The current longitudinal study is the first comparative investigation across low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) to test the hypothesis that harsher and less affectionate maternal parenting (child age 14 years, on ... -
Child maltreatment in Kenya, Zambia, and the Netherlands: A cross-cultural comparison of prevalence, psychopathological sequelae, and mediation by PTSS
(2010-12-01)Child maltreatment is a global phenomenon affecting a significant number of the world’s children. The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of self-reported childhood maltreatment among university students ... -
Child physical abuse and neglect in Kenya, Zambia and the Netherlands: A cross‐cultural comparison of prevalence, psychopathological sequelae and mediation b...
(2013-04-01)This study compared the prevalence of self‐reported childhood physical abuse and neglect and the associated psychopathological sequelae among Kenyan, Zambian, and Dutch university students. In addition, we sought to find ... -
Childrearing violence and child adjustment after exposure to Kenyan post-election violence.
(Educational Publishing Foundation, 2014-01)This study examines parents' and children's exposure to short-term political violence and the relation between childrearing violence and child adjustment following widespread violence that erupted in Kisumu, Kenya after ... -
Children as caregivers of older relatives living with HIV and AIDS in Nyang'oma division of western Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2012-06-01)There is growing debate about the situations of children who care for a relative with HIV-related illness, especially in developing countries with high HIV prevalence. In particular, there is inadequate information on the ... -
Children’s perceptions of maternal hostility as a mediator of the link between discipline and children’s adjustment in four countries
(Sage Publications, 2010-09)Using data from 195 dyads of mothers and children (age range ¼ 8–12 years; M ¼ 10.63) in four countries (China, India, the Philippines, and Thailand), this study examined children’s perceptions of maternal hostility as a ... -
Choice Shifts in School Disciplinary Decision Making: Analysis of Age Differences of Panel Members
(The Open Psychology Journal, 2020-06-11)Background: Decision making is critical to each organization and it requires the ability to find a possible balance between risky and cautious decisions. The Kenyan secondary schools are mandated by the Ministry of Education ... -
Classroom Instruction Reinforcement Strategies and Factors that Influence their Implementation in Kenyan Primary Schools
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2015-09-04)The study investigated classroom instruction reinforcement strategies and factors that influence implementation of the reinforcement strategies used by primary school teachers in the classroom in Kikuyu district of Kenya. ... -
Classroom Reinforcement Schedules and Their Effectiveness in Selected Kenyan Primary Schools
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2015-09-04)The purpose of the study was to determine Classroom Reinforcement Schedules and Their Effectiveness in Selected Kenyan Primary Schools. The study employed a Mixed Methods design in which both quantitative and qualitative ... -
Compliance with Health Recommendations and Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID Pandemic in Nine Countries
(Springer US, 2022)Longitudinal data from the Parenting Across Cultures study of children, mothers, and fathers in 12 cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA; ... -
A confirmatory factor analysis of the career locus of control scale with secondary school students in Kenya
(Elixir International Journal, 2021)This article presents the confirmatory factor analysis of the 20 item career locus of control scale with a sample of 370 secondary school students. The instrument consists of 4 subscales measuring Internality, Luck, ... -
Corporal punishment of children in nine countries as a function of child gender and parent gender
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2010-01-01)The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a global perspective on corporal punishment by examining differences between mothers’ and fathers’ use of corporal punishment with daughters and sons in nine countries. Methods. ... -
Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: A longitudinal study in eight countries
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-07-01)Two key tasks facing parents across cultures are managing children’s behaviors (and misbehaviors) and conveying love and affection. Previous research has found that corporal punishment generally is related to worse child ... -
Correlates between levels of education in relation to marital satisfaction in KISII township of KISII county, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, 2014-11-01)Marital satisfaction is a pertinent ingredient to the stability of any nation, given that the family is the basic unit of any nation. Too much marital dissatisfaction leads to family members being unstable socially which ... -
Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent–Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups
(Springer, 2020)Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adolescence. However, these problems may be mitigated by adequate parenting, including effective parent–adolescent communication. The ways in which parent-driven ... -
Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent–Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups
(Springer US, 2020-03-12)Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adolescence. However, these problems may be mitigated by adequate parenting, including effective parent–adolescent communication. The ways in which parent-driven ...